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Record Number: 20535


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday I had a letter from [Mrs Scott] written with characteristic eagerness about "Trevelyan".'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 18 Nov 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mrs Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jane Scott

Title:

Trevelyan

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20535

Source:

Print

Author:

Louisa Stuart

Editor:

R. Brimley Johnson

Title:

Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1926

Vol:

n/a

Page:

246

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 246, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20535, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to from LS to Louisa Clinton. Jane Scott, later Lady Montagu is (I think) a family connection.

   
   
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